Paris / Philadelphia / Pittsburgh / Detroit / Washington / St. Louis / Boston / Cambridge / Orange / London / Chicago / /
Company
M. I. T. Corporation / National Physical Laboratories / Ryerson Physical Laboratory / IIY A. E. / /
Country
France / United Kingdom / Germany / United States / /
Event
Person Travel / Employment Change / /
Facility
University of Illinois / Standards North Building / Coast Survey Building / Franklin Institute / American Institute of Electrical Engineers / Ryerson Physical Laboratory / Harvard University / University of Chicago / In building / Institute of Technology / Massachusetts Institute of Technology / /
IndustryTerm
machinery / electricity / printing / /
NaturalFeature
United States Coast / Charles River / /
Organization
Consultative Committee / American Institute of Electrical Engineers / Federal Specifications Board / National Research Council / Optical Society of America / Franklin Institute / Sevres International Bureau / National Screw Thread Commission / Bureau of Standards North Building / U. S. Government / Massachusetts Institute of Technology / American Engineering Standards Committee / Army / Illinois Naval Militia / American Philosophical Society / Senate / Government Printing Office / International Chamber of Commerce / Standardization Committee / American Society for Testing Materials / Bureau of Standards / United States Navy / American Society of Heating and Ventilating Engineers / American Society of Mechanical Engineers / Sevres Bureau / Harvard University / National Aeronautic Association / Yale / D. C. Naval Militia / Physical Society / International High Commission / National Academy of Sciences / International Committee / Interdepartmental Board on Ice Observation and Patrol / Congress / Rockefeller Foundation / University of Illinois / Consulting Committee on Electricity / the University of Chicago / Washington Academy of Sciences / Legion of Honor / and an Honorary Member / Council of National Defense / American Association for the Advancement of Science / Optical Society / International Committee of Weights and Measures / International Bureau of Weights and Measures / /
Person
A. A. Michelson / Karl T. Compton / Chevy Chase / Mary B. (Webster) Stratton / Dewey / Gage / SAMUEL WESLEY STRATTON KENNELLY / Thomas A. Edison / Karl Taylor Cornpton / E. B. Rosa / E. KEN NELLY / SAMUEL WESLEY STRATTON / F. P. Stockbridge / /
Position
Captain / Director / a position / designing engineer / physician / Secretary / Engineer / tireless worker / Professor of Physics / Professor / newspaper reporter / Admiral / U. S. Secretary of Commerce / Associate Professor / Lieutenant / Officer / noted physicist / inventor and applied scientist / becoming Chairman / Chairman / director / Superintendent of U. S. Weights / Commander / chair / great experimental physicist / Professional Engineer / Delegate / Instructor / /
ProvinceOrState
Washington / New Jersey / Illinois / Massachusetts / /
PublishedMedium
Technology Review / American Journal of Science / /
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